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Cornelia, Matthew City Boy to Army Draftee
Matthew Cornelia was born in July 1918 and raised in Rochester, New York. His parents were both born in Ireland.
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Cornelia, Matthew Military Training
While recovering from an ear infection [Annotator's Note: in the hospital at Fort Bragg, North Carolina], Matthew Cornelia learned of the Japa
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Cornelia, Matthew Overseas and War's End
While in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], Matthew Cornelia boarded an APA [Annotator's Note: Attack Transport
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Cornelia, Matthew Reflections
Matthew Cornelia's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when it ended. He served because he wanted to do something for his country.
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Corson, Eugene Entrance into Service
Eugene Corson was happy to be in the Navy. It was rough. He went to boot camp in Rhode Island at an airbase. He could not do things on his own.
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Corson, Eugene Okinawa and Occupation Duty
Eugene Corson went to Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, 1 April to 22 June 1945; Okinawa, Japan] for h
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Corson, Eugene Peleliu and Leyte Gulf
Eugene Corson remembers seeing a USO show [Annotator's Note: United Service Organizations] in the Russel Islands where they picked up Marines.
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Corson, Eugene Prewar Life
Eugene Corson was born in March 1922 in Stanford, Connecticut. In 1936, his father got a job working on submarines in New England.
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Corson, Eugene Reflections
Eugene Corson had a few sounds that would make him jump out of bed. It would scare his wife.
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Costa, Anthony Back to Civilian Life
After the war, Anthony Costa attended Junior College and Berkley [Annotator's Note: University of California at Berkeley].
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Costa, Anthony Becoming a Marine
Anthony Costa was born in Concord, California in January 1920. At the time, Concord was a small farm town.
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Costa, Anthony Fall of the Philippines
[Annotator's Note: Anthony Costa begins this segment by discussing his transfer to Japan aboard one of the prisoner of war transport ships aft